Women’s Rights advocates normally claim that “one in three women American women will in her lifetime be a victim of rape or attempted rape” when the actual rate is closer to one in eight (Levitt & Dubner, 2009, p. 88). However,…
Tyler Apt Hartman 80205-GAH 2116-006 28 September 2016 Rape: A Serious Issue Rape is a serious social and public issue in the United States. Women are usually the victims of rape, while men are usually the offenders. The majority of women are sexually assaulted by men who they are familiar with. Women are far less likely to report a rape if they know the person who assaulted them.…
Understanding National Rape Statistics Gathering accurate information on national sexual violence statistics poses many challenges. Sources for national rape statistics often draw from criminal justice data or behavioral studies. Many survivors do not report to authorities such as law enforcement, that actively collect and report data. In 2015 it was estimated that over 67% of rapes were not reported to police .…
As it pertains to the statistics, women of color are more likely to experience rape than white women. A woman of color experience of rape culture is usually made more difficult due to factors such as race, class, sexual orientations and gender. These factors advocate women of color to stay silent about their rapes. Sometimes one feel reporting their rapes, would lead to discrimination. Stereotyping would be another risk which lead to one being responsible for their rapes.…
Many people in the media and scientific organizations will look to take blame off of men and place it on biology instead. In Michael Kimmel’s book Guyland, he references writers specifically asserting “Roiphe, Young, and Paglia all argue that boys will be boys, and that to constrain male sexuality is to do a disservice to young men” (Kimmel, CP 377). While biology plays a role in sexuality, attributing rape and other forms of sexual assault to biology is simply taking the blame off of the perpetrators and putting on the victim. Institutions like the media privilege men by taking the blame from them and putting it on some uncontrollable genetic factor. We are taking the focus off of the roots of the issue, and putting our attention on the victim and their role in sexual violence.…
Together race and gender play a major factor in how the media present each of the victims, and proves that the experiences of sexual assault victims are dictated by the composition of the two. The media has the power to heighten awareness and dissipate myths about rape and racial stereotypes and influence how we perceive and treat others, and yet it does not because of…
Currently the United States has one of the highest rape rate among countries, every 107 seconds, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted with the number of victims being 293,000 each year (Kahn). With many of the attacks being unreported and unrecognized sexual assault is said to be a silent- violent epidemic. The causes and reasoning behind sexual assault are entrenched into our society. Richardson and Shields make a point saying students are not the victims and “rape culture” but the victims of a damaged institution that contributes to risks of sexual assault ( Richardson and Shields 27). Women are staggeringly more likely to be the victim of sexual assault, while men are almost always are the perpetrators.…
Only about 15% of the rapes occur in an open outdoor space (Planty et al., 2016). Rapes do occur in both of those instances. Another false is that the victim can only happen if the victim is a female. There are many males who are raped, but those cases do not have much attention because society is embarrassed that a male would be raped. This ideology can be attributive to gender theories.…
Effects of False Rape Accusations What’s the truth and what isn’t? That’s a question law enforcement must answer, almost everyday, when dealing with crimes. Sexual assault, in particular, is a subject where the truth could be a he-said-she-said type of situation. Moreover, law enforcement generally has a difficult time apprehending a perpetrator, due to the lack of eyewitness accounts of the crime or lack of evidence.…
Earlier this summer, a poll conducted by the Washington Post and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation an article written by Anderson Nick a reporter and educational editor found that, “1 in 5 women in college have been victims of rape or sexual assault either complete or attempted.” Over the years, similar studies and reports showed similar statistics, however, the accuracy of these reports were often questioned or not taken seriously at all. The cynicism and misunderstanding of rape and sexual assault often cause many cases to be underreported because victims often fear punishment or social stigma instead of help. Colleges can stop these crimes by working harder to educate students on the link between sexual assault and alcohol, the perpetual abuse cycle that is caused by double standards and gender prejudice, and establishing Sexual Assault Response Teams to prevent…
Warning, the following text includes triggers that may harm individuals. A Call To Change Women around the world age 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (Violence against women). One in five women on U.S. college campuses have experienced sexual assault (Kessler). These statistics should shock one to the core, but does it?…
“There will be over 3,500 killed in the USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying. No media hyperventilating. Normal Day,” –Matt Drudge. Abortion is a very serious and controversial topic.…
When american culture thinks of rape, women are immediately the victims that come to one's mind. We’ve painted a picture that says, women are initially the one gender that can be raped, and if we were to think a man could get raped by a women. It would be absolutely ridiculous to think a women could overpower a man. We have adapted to live in a civilization that romantics about masculinity. Unfortunately in the process we’ve turned a blind eye to smallest anticipation that a man can be raped by a women as well.…
The idea that a man is raped by another man or a woman is treated as nothing more than a joke within society because of the concept of toxic masculinity and the idea that only women can be raped. Coupled with that is also the idea that a woman cannot commit acts of rape simply because in most states rape is specified as a forcible insertion of a sexual organ. These facts are prevalent because they speak to how the country as a whole treats its citizens based on gender and how modern society believes that one gender is stronger or weaker in nature in comparison to the…
Rape is a silent epidemic amongst many contradicting topics. I say silent because there are a high number of rapes compared to the very low number of reports. Something so obvious can also be oblivious to many especially when an individual isn’t aware that even they can become a victim of sexual assault. It’s so easy to think this way when you or anyone you know hasn’t come face to face with sexual assault. Many of these individuals are college students especially those on or near college campuses that are constantly on the go to attend class, parties, extracurricular activities etc.…